And MikeW said let there be light!

Yes!!

Here comes Success!!

The key to the whole problem was to reverse the positions of those contacters in the Park / headlight positions.

Woohoo you ar!e the man, Seriously Great little article ,you saved my @ss budddy.

Now I can pass my yearly Inspection. Right on!

bloxman

Good to hear you have it fixed. Yesterday was the first time I seen MikeW's tutorial. Very well done indeed! That's what I find amazing about this site. I learn or see something new everytime I sign on. Now, if I could only remember it all.

Cool - I'm glad that trick worked for you. That should give you another 10 years or so unless you put in headlight relays. The relays greatly reduce the current flow through the switch thereby reducing the arcing as well.

Mike,

I was having the same problem with my headlight switch and saw this thread yesterday. I took it apart last night, cleaned and switched the rockers, and now it is working great. My lights are even a little brighter. Thanks for the great write up!

Steve

Had all my lights working except the headlights. Checked the grounds and they seemed ok. Searched this link and found the pdf. Worked like a charm and now I don't have to spend hours chasing ghosts. Took me a total of 15 minutes. The only thing I did differently was I flipped up the four tabs instead of unscrewing the box. Didn't think about the screws till after I already had it apart. MikeW, you have a PM.